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SPUR.

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SPUR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 625,063, dated May 16,1899.

Application filed April 27, 1898.

To (tli witam, it may conccrn:

Be it known that I, .IAMEs I-I. ROBINSON, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Lewiston, in the county of Nez Perces and State ofIdaho, have invented a new and useful Spur, of which the following is aspecification.

IWI y inven tion relates to riding-spurs,and has for its object togenerally improve, simplify, and cheapen their construction.

Vith this object in view my invention consists in a spur thesupporting-frame of which is formed of a single piece of metal cut orstamped from a sheet and bent to form.

My invention further consists in the improvcd construction, arrangement,and combination of parts hereinafter fully described and afterwardspecificallypointed out in the appended claims. w

In order to enable others skilled in' the art to which I'ny inventionmost nearly appertains to make and use the same,I will now proceed todescribe its construction and operation, reference being had to theaccompanyin g drawings,

forming part of this sp'ecification, in which- Figure 1 is a 'rear underside perspective view of a spur constrncted in accordance with myinvention. Fig. 2 vis a longitudinal vertical section through the same.Fig. 3 is a view of the blank from which the body of my spur is formed.Fig. 4 is a plan view of the heel-plate. i

Like letters of reference mark the same parts wherever they occur in thedifferent figures of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings by letters, A indicates a band which isintended to surround the heel, said band being formed in one piece, withupright bars B B at the front and O at the rear, said upright bars beingbent to form loops B/ and C' to receive a strap D to be passed over theinstep in securing the spur to the boot, said strap being adapted to betightened and secured by means of a buckle E at one end.

Tangs F, formed on the lower edge of the band A at the rear curves, anda fiange G, formed on its front face, are bent inward at substantiallyright angles to the band to re-.

ceive and support a heel-plate H.

Calks I I are formed at the forward corners of the band A, and a calk Jis formed at the rear portion of said band, the purpose of said SerialNo. 679.039. (No model.)

secured to the bracket L and provided at itsv rear with bifurcated orforked end N in which is pivotally mounted the rowel O.

'In the manufacture of my improved spur the blank, as shown in Fig. 3,is stamped or cut from a sheet of fiexible metal, the uprights B B and Clying at right angles to the band A, and the tangs F F, flange G, andcalks I I and J being formed on the opposite side of the vblank andafterward bent on the d'otted lines P. The heel-plate H is also stampedout of a single piece of metal. In attaching the spur to the heel theframe is slipped over the heel in the manner usual, with the bottom ofthe heel resting upon the heel-plate H, the upright O standing Verticalin the rear of lthe heel and the uprights B B standing vertically at thesides of the heel, when the whole device may be firmly held upon theheel by securing the Strap D over the instep.

While I have illustrated and described what I now consider to beefficient means for' carrying out my invention, I do not wish to beunderstood as limit-img myself to the exact details of constructionshown and described, but hold that such slight changes or Variations asmight suggest themselves to the ordinary mechanic would properly fallwithin the limitl and scopeof my invention.

Havin g thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure` by Letters Patent of 'the United States, is-

1. The combination with the snpportingframe, consistin g of the band, A,adapted to encircle the heel, the uprights, B, B and C, adapted'to restagainst the sides and rear of .the heel, tangs, F, F, and fiange, G,projecting from the lower edge of the band and 'bent inward at rightangles, and the heel-plate, H, fitted within the band, A, and restingupon the tangs and flange, substantially as de- .scribed.

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2. The herein-described frame for spurs, consisting of the band, A,adapted to eueircle the heel, the uprights, B, B and O, adapted to lieagainst the sides and rear of the heel and formed at their upper endsinto loops, B', B' and C, to receive a seouring-strap, oalks,

V I, I and J, projeoting below the band and forming part thereof, tangs, F, F, and fiange, G, projecting below the band, formed integrallytherewith and bent inward at right angles thereto, and the heel-plate,H, seated inside of the band and supported upon the tan gs and flange,substantially as described.

3. The combination with the supporting- 15 frame of a riding-spur,provided With a rear JAMES H. ROBINSON.

Wtnesses:

J. I. COPEMAN, FRANK J. WILLIARD.

